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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Tobelo in Indonesia


Earthquake location 2.2163S, 126.6618WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 159 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia (99 miles) on Thursday. Id of earthquake: us2000kabi. Event ids that are associated: us2000kabi. Global time and date of event 28/03/19 / 2019-03-28 06:30:34 / March 28, 2019 @ 6:30 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 14:30:34 / 2:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 126.6618 East, latitude 2.2163 North, depth = 42.68 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.68 km (27 miles).

In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 159 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.6618° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.2163° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 42.68 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 159km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-03-28 06:30:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-04-26 11:07:17 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 271 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.598 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 120 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000kabi Id of event.
Event Code 2000kabi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000kabi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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